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Subordinate conjunction   /səbˈɔrdənˌeɪt kəndʒˈəŋkʃən/   Listen
Subordinate conjunction

noun
1.
A conjunction (like 'since' or 'that' or 'who') that introduces a dependent clause.  Synonym: subordinating conjunction.





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... expresses result, and its clause depends on the other, hence it is a subordinate conjunction of result; in 2, so means provided,—is subordinate of condition; in 3, so means therefore, and its clause is independent, hence it is ...
— An English Grammar • W. M. Baskervill and J. W. Sewell


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